A test for gamma DFR alternative

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2535-2546

  Jani, P N ^a   Shanubhogue, Ashok ^a   Muralidharan, K ^b  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conditional test; Gamma DFR alternative; Quadratic form; Shape parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944433845     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929808832241     Document Type: Article

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